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TO IMMEDIATE F C O TELNO 811 OF 38 JUNE 1978.
INFO IMMEDIATE LISBON, PEKING.
MY TELNO 808, HONG KONG AND MACAU.
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DURING DINNER WITH THE POLITICAL ADVISER LAST NIGHT THE
DIRECTOR OF THE NCNA, LI CHU-SHENG, TOOK THE INITIATIVE IN
MENTIONING THAT DISCUSSIONS WERE GOING ON BETWEEN CHINA AND
PORTUGAL ABOUT ESTABLISHING DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS. DURING FURTHER
CONVERSATION LI SAID THAT THE CHINESE DID NOT INTEND TO RAISE THE
QUESTION OF MACAU DURING THESE DISCUSSIONS, ADDING THAT, WHEN RELATIONS WITH BRITAIN HAD BEEN RAISED TO AMBASSADORIAL LEVEL,
HONG KONG HAD NOT BEEN MENTIONED. LI SAID HE HOPED THE PORTUGUESE
WOULD NOT RAISE THE MATTER EITHER. HE WAS WORRIED THAT THEY MIGHT
DO SO BECAUSE OF THE INFLUENCE OF THE PORTUGUESE COMMUNIST PARTY
ACTING UNDER THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE RUSSIANS. HE AVOIDED COMMENT ON HOW THE CHINESE WOULD REACT IN SUCH CIRCUMSTANCES.
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